GA-1
The Boeing GA-1 (company designation Model 10) was an armored triplane. Designed in 1919, it was powered by a pair of modified Liberty engines driving pusher propellers. The first of the Engineering Division's heavily armored GAX series (ground attack, experimental) aircraft, the ponderous airplane was intended to strafe ground troops while remaining immune to attack from the ground as well as from other enemy aircraft. Its armor resulted in an excessive five-ton weight.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Category
- Attack aircraft
- First flight
- 1920-04-03
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 83 kt
- Max speed
- 91 kt
- Range
- 300 nm
- Service ceiling
- 11,500 ft
- Rate of climb
- 600 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 10,426 lb
- Empty weight
- 7,834 lb
- Powerplant
- 2 × Liberty L-12 A Pusher
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 3
- Length
- 33.6 ft
- Wingspan
- 65.5 ft
- Height
- 14.3 ft
- Number built
- 10
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.